"Amir Levine's Secure, to be published in April, is grounded in attachment theory, in which there are four main styles of bonding: anxious (craving closeness, but fearing rejection), avoidant (preferring independence over closeness), fearful avoidant (a mix of the two), and secure (comfortable with closeness and easy-going). Psychiatrist Amir Levine gives us a set of tools to help us feel more secure in all our relationships, not just romantic ones, but with colleagues, friends, family and even with ourselves."
"There's evidence that a huge part of our species' success has been due to our ability to cooperate. We constantly take shortcuts in our information processing, accumulate biases throughout our lifetimes, and have genetic predispositions to seeing the world in different ways. But when you get a group of people together and allow them to communicate freely, it can balance out biases so they can start to see the world more accurately."
Attachment theory identifies four main bonding styles: anxious (craving closeness but fearing rejection), avoidant (preferring independence over closeness), fearful avoidant (a mix of the two), and secure (comfortable with closeness and easy-going). Practical, neuroscience-informed tools can increase relational security across romantic, workplace, familial, friendship, and self-relationships. Achieving greater security requires active psychological work, repeated practice, and sustained effort rather than passive reading. Self-awareness functions as the first step toward positive change, enabling greater openness and relaxation in interpersonal interactions. Cooperation among diverse individuals can balance cognitive biases and improve collective problem solving and accuracy of perception.
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